Slow@lemmy.today to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoWhy do Lemmy users rarely use emoticons?message-squaremessage-square287fedilinkarrow-up1245file-text
arrow-up1245message-squareWhy do Lemmy users rarely use emoticons?Slow@lemmy.today to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square287fedilinkfile-text
Reading comments in different communities, I noticed that users hardly leave smilies. Why is that? ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
minus-squarenot_amm@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up13·11 months agoI don’t like to have to press a button, then search for an emoji. Emoticons are faster to write, I mostly use the :), :/, etc. I changed that in Mastodon, for example. Someone told me that screen readers have trouble reading emoticons, so I mostly use stickers or emojis there.
minus-squarethanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12·11 months agoThat’s very thoughtful of you colon right parenthesis
I don’t like to have to press a button, then search for an emoji. Emoticons are faster to write, I mostly use the
:),:/, etc.I changed that in Mastodon, for example. Someone told me that screen readers have trouble reading emoticons, so I mostly use stickers or emojis there.
That’s very thoughtful of you colon right parenthesis
¯\_(ツ)_/¯